sonanga

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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sonanga (Jawi سناڠه)

  1. a side
    tego masonangahto sit on the side (of something)
  2. a part, portion
  3. a half
    Synonym: satenga
    domaha oras masonangah adito wait for half an hour
    rimoi se masonangahone and a half (literally, “one and it's half”)

References

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  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh